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block1

UK: /blɒk/ US: /blɑːk/

Translation

n [c]
bloque
a block of concrete
un bloque de hormigón
(de edificios)
bloque
manzana
Her office is two blocks away
Su oficina está a dos manzanas de aquí
cuadra amér.
obstáculo
impedimento
Véase tb: a chip off the old block; building block; stumbling block; tower block
(Definition of block n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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